Power of Silence

What distinguishes normal people is that we share a metaphorical dagger; 

the concerns of our self - reflection. 

With this dagger, we cut ourselves and bleed; 

and the job of our chains of self - reflection is to give us the feeling that we are bleeding together, 

that we are sharing something wonderful; our humanity. 

But if we were to examine it, 

 we would discover 

that we are bleeding alone; 

that we are not sharing anything; 

that all we are doing is toying with our manageable, 

unreal, man-made reflection. 

 Sorcerers are no longer in the world of daily affairs, 

because they are no longer prey to their self - reflection.

 ― Carlos Castaneda, Power of Silence